vaiverejar

Catalan

FWOTD – 13 April 2023

Etymology

From vaiver + -ejar.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /vəj.və.ɾəˈʒa/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /bəj.bə.ɾəˈʒa/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /vaj.ve.ɾeˈd͡ʒaɾ/

Verb

vaiverejar (first-person singular present vaiverejo, past participle vaiverejat)

  1. (intransitive) to go back and forth, to wander, to pace side-to-side, etc.
    • 1943, Agustí Bartra, Xabola:
      Vaiverejaren entre roques i matolls sense acabar de decidir-se, fins que Vives, rient, va dir: "No volies dormir sota un arbre? Allà en veig un de corpulent i solitari."
      They wandered back and forth between rocks and bushes without reaching a decision until Vives, laughing, said, "Didn't you want to sleep under a tree? There I see a corpulent and solitary one."

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